1 Website terms of use

  • William Grant & Sons Australia Pty Limited (ABN: 59 142 683 145) (Website Owner) owns and operates this website. Access to and use of this Website is and the products and services available through this Website (collectively, Services) is subject to the following terms, conditions and notices (Website Terms of Use). By using the Services, you are agreeing to all of the Terms of Use, as may be updated by us from time to time. You should check this page regularly to take notice of any changes we may have made to the Terms of Use.
  • Any purchase is also subject to the Retail Terms and Conditions which can be found here [hyperlink to the Retail Terms and Conditions]
  • The Website Owner is a member of the William Grant & Sons Group of companies (WGS Group), the parent company of the WGS Group is William Grant & Sons Limited, registered in Scotland with company number 131772 and registered office at The Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Banffshire, AB55 4DH.
  • Please read these terms carefully before using the Website. Using the Website indicates that you accept these terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use the Website.
  • Warning: TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE YOU MUST BE OF LEGAL DRINKING AGE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU ARE VIEWING THIS SITE. IF YOU ARE NOT, DO NOT ENTER THIS SITE.
  • As required by relevant liquor licensing legislation we give you the following notices:
    • a) NSW: “No Alcohol can be sold or supplied to anyone under 18. It’s against the required by relevant liquor licensing legislation we give you the following notices: law.
    • b) ACT: "Under the Liquor Act 2010. A person must not sell or supply liquor to a person under 18 years old on premises where the sale or supply of liquor is authorised or in a public place. Maximum Penalty $5500"
    • c) Victoria: "Warning - Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 it is an offence to supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (penalty exceeds $17,000), for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor (penalty exceeds $700)."
    • d) Western Australia: "WARNING. Under the Liquor Control Act 1988, it is an offence: to sell or supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years on licensed or regulated premises; or for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase, or attempt to purchase, liquor on licensed or regulated premises."
    • e) South Australia: "Under Liquor Licensing Act 1997, Liquor must NOT be supplied to persons under 18."
    • f) Queensland: "Under the Liquor Act 1992, it is an offence to supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years."
    • g) Tasmania: “Under the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 it is an offence: for liquor to be delivered to a person under the age of 18 years. Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units. For a person under the age of 18 years to purchase liquor. Penalty, Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.”
  • All references to ‘our’, ‘us’, ‘we’ or ‘Company’ within this Website terms of use and the Privacy Policy, mention below, are deemed to refer to the Website Owner, its subsidiaries, affiliates and associates.

2 Amendments to these Website Terms of Use

  • The Website Owner reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time. Any amendments will be effective immediately upon their posting to this Website. Your continued use of the Website will represent an agreement by you to be bound by the Terms of Use as amended.

3 Website

  • Access to this Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Services without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, We may restrict access to some parts or all of this Website. Some access may also be restricted if you do not register your details with us.

4 Linked Sites

  • This Website may contain links to other websites, which are not operated by Website Owner. Website Owner has no control over the Linked Sites and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Your use of the Linked Sites will be subject to any terms of use and conditions contained within each linked site.

5 Privacy Policy

6 Prohibitions

  • You must not misuse this Website. In particular you must not:
    • a) commit or encourage a criminal offence;
    • b) transmit or distribute a virus, trojan, worm, logic bomb or any other material which is malicious, technologically harmful, in breach of confidence or in any way offensive or obscene;
    • c) hack into any aspect of the Service; corrupt data; cause annoyance to other users;
    • d) infringe upon the rights of any other person's proprietary rights;
    • e) send any unsolicited advertising or promotional material, commonly referred to as “spam”; or
    • f) attempt to affect the performance or functionality of any computer facilities of or accessed through this Website.
  • Breaching the above provisions could constitute a criminal offence and the Website Owner may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and disclose your identity to them.
  • We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of this Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any Linked Sites.

7 Intellectual property, software and content

  • The intellectual property rights in all software and content (including photographic images) made available to you on or through this Website remain the property of Website Owner or its licensors and are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved by Website Owner and its licensors. You may store, print and display the content supplied solely for your own personal use. You are not permitted to publish, manipulate, distribute or otherwise reproduce, in any format, any of the content or copies of the content supplied to you or which appears on this Website nor may you use any such content in connection with any business or commercial enterprise.

8 Disclaimer of liability

  • Subject to any non-excludable consumer guarantees and other consumer protection provisions set out in the Australian Consumer Law, the material displayed on this Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy.
  • To the fullest extent permitted by law Website Owner hereby expressly excludes all warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
  • The Website Owner shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but without limitation to any direct, indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for loss of use, profits, data or other intangibles, damage to goodwill or reputation, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, arising out of or related to the use, inability to use, performance or failures of this Website or the Linked Sites and any materials posted on those sites, irrespective of whether such damages were foreseeable or arise in contract, tort, equity, restitution, by statute, at common law or otherwise.
  • The above exclusion does not affect the Website Owner's liability for death or personal injury arising from its negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under any applicable law.

9 Linking to this website

  • You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. This Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of this Website other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

10 Disclaimer as to ownership of trade marks, images of personalities and third party copyright

  • Except where expressly stated to the contrary all persons (including their names and images), third party trademarks and content, services and/or locations featured on this Website are in no way associated, linked or affiliated with Website Owner and you should not rely on the existence of such a connection or affiliation. Any trademarks/names featured on this Website are owned by the respective trademark owners. Where a trademark or brand name is referred to it is used solely to describe or identify the products and services and is in no way an assertion that such products or services are endorsed by or connected to Website Owner.

11 Indemnity

  • You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Website Owner, its directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, and affiliates, from any and all third party claims, liability, damages or costs (including, but not limited to, legal fees) arising from your use of this Website or any breach by you of these Website Terms of Use.

12 Variation

  • Website Owner shall have the right in its absolute discretion at any time and without notice to amend, remove or vary the Services or any page of this Website.

13 Invalidity

  • If any part of these Website Terms of Use is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these Website Terms of Use will not be affected and all other clauses shall remain in full force and effect. So far as possible where any clause/sub-clause or part of a clause/sub-clause of these Website Terms of Use can be severed to render the remaining part valid, the particular clause must be interpreted accordingly. Alternatively, you agree that the clause must be rectified and interpreted in such a way that closely resembles the original meaning of the clause/sub-clause as is permitted by law.

14 Complaints

  • We operate a complaints handling procedure which we will use to try to resolve disputes when they first arise, please let us know if you have any complaints or comments.

15 Governing Law

  • These Website Terms of Use shall be subject to the laws in force in the State of New South Wales, Australia. Each party agrees to and submits to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of New South Wales.

William Grant & Sons Australia Pty Limited 7th May 2021